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from the eye of the obferver, by the thicknefs of 

 the foliage. In the diftant background, I obferved 

 Chirk caftle, and the country around it, clad in 

 lively colours ; whilft, to the weftward, I had a 

 view of Callell Dinas Bran, crowning the fumniit of 

 its deep. The whole vale of LlaogoUen, as far as 

 the tov^n, lay nearly in a ftraight line, and was 

 richly varied with wood, rock, and pafture. The 

 fcene was doled in the horizon by the far diftant 

 Britifh Alps, which bounded the fight. — From this 

 itation I proceeded along the bank of the Dee, 

 clambering over hedges and ditches, till I found 

 myielf at Pen y Llan, the feat of Mr. Lloyd, whence 

 I had another charming view of the country. 



I returned to Ruabon, and rambled from thence 

 to Bangor Ifcoed, Bangor under the Wood, a village 

 aboiit ten miles diftant. In this 'cxcurfion I paifed 

 throuQ-h 



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Overton, 



A pi£lurc}fque little village, feated on an eminence at 

 a fmall diftance from the Dee. .Near the bridge I 

 had another fine profpe(51: along tl^is romantic ftream. 

 In the churchyard I faw feveral fine old yew frees. 

 Thefe, from their fize and beauty, have been ac- 

 counted among the wonders of Wales. — If the 

 poems of Oflian can be confide red as authority, 

 the cuftom of planting yews in b".urying-places was 

 adopted in a very remote period. He thus fpeaks 



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